Durock V2 Stabilizers Screw-In

Gets the job done!

I used a few of these in my Puca numpad build and they get the job done. Nice and smooth. I am just a casual hobbyist and these are all good in my book!

Durock changed something, or I got a bad run.

I bought a bunch of 2U stabs in different colors in 2022, and fell in love with them. So toward the end of 2023, I had a couple of builds coming up for the holidays, and picked up several more. From what I can tell, Durock has changed something in the manufacturing of the plastic set clip. Last year's stabs snapped in perfectly, but the ones in my last order were all about a millimeter too shallow to get a good bite on the PCB. What's worse, I had two of them snap completely -- and it's not like I'm going to brute force something onto a PCB. Thinking maybe it was a manufacturing oopsie with the PCB, I tried a couple of the stabs I had from last year, and they all fit exactly as I expected. It's a real shame, given how iconic these stabs are.

Louder and smoother than tofu stocks